Fabrication and Thermo-Mechanical Characterization of HEMA Treated UV Photo-Cured Biodegradable Chitosan Film

Authors

  • Kamol Dey Institute of Radiation and Polymer Technology, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Savar, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
  • Poonam Alamgir Institute of Radiation and Polymer Technology, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Savar, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
  • Gulshana Mohol Institute of Radiation and Polymer Technology, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Savar, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
  • Shahnaz Parvin Institute of Radiation and Polymer Technology, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Savar, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
  • Mubarak A. Khan Institute of Radiation and Polymer Technology, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Savar, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
  • Ruhul A. Khan Institute of Radiation and Polymer Technology, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Savar, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-5995.2014.03.02.3

Keywords:

Chitosan, monomer, cross-linking, grafting, photo-cured, UV radiation.

Abstract

Chitosan was extracted from dried prawn shell via chitin and was characterized by Fourier Transformed Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy. Thin film of chitosan was prepared by solution casting using a 2% chitosan solution. Chitosan was dissolved in 2% acetic acid. Mechanical properties like tensile strength (TS) and elongation at break (Eb%) of chitosan film were studied. Eight formulations (M1: 5% HEMA to M8: 40% HEMA) were developed with 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) monomer in methanol (MeOH) along with photoinitiator Darocur-4043 (2%). The film was soaked in those formulations for 1 min and cured under UV radiation at different radiation intensities for the improvement of physico-mechanical properties of the film. The cured films were then subjected to various characterization tests like TS, Eb%, water absorption, FTIR spectroscopy, polymer loading (PL), differential thermal analysis (DTA), and thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA). The M6 formulation containing 30% HEMA in MeOH solution showed the best performance at 20th UV pass. The highest TS, Eb% and PL were found to be 31 MPa, 71.25% and 26.38%, respectively, for the same formulation at 20th UV pass. The DTA/TGA study showed that the film with M6 formulation at 20th UV pass was thermally more stable than non-radiated chitosan film. The FTIR analysis revealed the crosslinking between HEMA and chitosan.

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2014-06-24

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Dey, K., Alamgir, P., Mohol, G., Parvin, S., Khan, M. A., & Khan, R. A. (2014). Fabrication and Thermo-Mechanical Characterization of HEMA Treated UV Photo-Cured Biodegradable Chitosan Film. Journal of Research Updates in Polymer Science, 3(2), 86–96. https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-5995.2014.03.02.3

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